Setter
a breed of dog employed in shooting, where he fills the same vocation as the pointer. The setter is divided into three varieties-the English setter, the Gordon setter, which is native to Scotland, one time a variety known as the Welsh setter, but it is now extinct. As early as the 16th century the then Duke of and the Irish setter. There was also at Northumberland owned a dog trained by himself to set game, an idea soon followed by others. For many years, however, the spaniel or any other suitable for the purpose. In law, the act of settling property upon a person or persons: a deed by which property is settled; the general will or disposition by which a person regulates the disposal of his property, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; disposition of property at marriage in favor of a wife; jointure.